Thanks to all that answered. The rear striker had two washers behind it, so removing one seems to have done the trick. I'd rather not mess with shimming the door hinges. The doors line up evenly with each other and the windshield up top. The end of the striker was shiny from rubbing the door guide. There was no doubt the striker was too long. My door seals are less than one year old and are the larger profile set from P.J. Grady. My doors are a bit harder to latch in the second position than some other cars I've been around, but I also noticed their seals were not new, nor did they look as "thick" as mine. I think this may have some bearing on how easily the doors close. I personally would rather have tightly sealed doors that are a bit harder to close as opposed to doors that close and latch using one finger. My torsion bars were adjusted last fall during a roof support repair job. I ended up backing off the driver's side torsion bar one notch, the passenger's side 2 notches. The door struts are new DMCH. I have a bit of fine tuning to do to the passenger's side, then I will reinstall the rubber grommets over the striker pins. Hopefully that will close another chapter in the restoration of 4494. There's plenty left to do! Brian VIN# 4494 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "stainlessilusion" <5n-@xxxx> wrote: > Close the door, and check out the alignment. If the gap between front > fender/door and rear fender/door are very different and you cannot get > the pin aligned for the life of you, you'll likely need to adjust the > door at the hinges. Adjusting the door at the hinges changes the > closing and alignment of the door very much so, so drilling the hole > will probably be a better thing if you're not up for the task (yeah- T > bar removal). After a few years of owning 5003?and don't ask me how; > my drivers door has been creeping forward towards the windshield so > much that it eventually dented the header panel every time it was > being opened, also made a mess of my inner seals. My point is, check > out the alignment before you drill to make the pins work, you may make > the door close and open easier, but you could be over looking other > alignment issues which will cause seal damage etc. -----Dani B. #5003 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/